30.EP.27s: October 3, 2002.
Night. Driving down deserted streets, driving past empty cars. It's always this way: quiet, alone, my hands on the steeringwheel. The streetlights, the warm air outside. Unseasonably warm. Almost like mid summer. And I drive under a streetlight, and the light goes off. And I drive past the University, and then into the University grounds. And I remember what it used to be like, back when I worked here, part time, in the computer lab. And how, late at night, after work I'd go visit Robin and Rebecca and stay up all night talking to Becky. And how even before I knew Robin and Rebecca there was Alex. And we worked together in the lab for a couple of years, and then he moved away. And, now, I'm driving through the University grounds, and the roads are all smooth curves. And I snake and curve my way up to the big satellite dish. The dish is near the far end of the University, and it's always very slowly moving, tracking some satellite through the sky. And it's progress is always so slow it looks like it's standing still. And tonight the sky is pitch black and the stars are all out. And I'm fighting the urge to either scream, or just stop the car and crumple into a sobbing ball. And I know that, either way, if I give in to the urge, once I start I won't be able to stop."Are you real?"
--Card Captor Sakura.
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